Art@Site www.artatsite.com Bela Lyon Pratt Nathan Hale
Artist:

Bela Lyon Pratt

Title:

Nathan Hale

Year:
1935
Adress:
Nathan Hale Court
Website:
www.publicartinchicago.com:
Nathan Hale [1755-1775] was a 21-year-old American Revolution era spy... he disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher, and attempted to infiltrate New York’s British ranks to gather intelligence on the enemy’s Long Island military installations. The young man was captured, however, on the night of September 21, 1776 and hanged for treason the next morning on a gallows.
His famous lines:" I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" .

www.wikipedia.org:
Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed.
His last words before being hanged were purported to be"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut.